Good evening everyone 
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Hopefully someone can shed some light on if this behaviour is establishing hierarchy or if it’s fighting/ unable to bond.
One of my Guinea boars passed away a couple weeks ago which left my one sow pretty lonely and she was obviously missing him.
I was lucky to have these two bond straight away and had no problems but it became quite obvious that even tho she was very young, she would be the dominant pig and he was happy to have the company.
I have now got a little Sow for her to be coupled up with and I’m at the stage of bonding. I was desperately trying to find a rescue so I could perhaps try first to see if they would make a match but unfortunately there were no suitable guineas near to where I live. Either a pair that needed to be re-homed together or much older guineas which I was reluctant to try after my past year of heartache losing my last two and because she’s only 5 months old.
My new sow is around 1 1/2 month old so very small and desperately trying to see, smell and tag along with my other one.
So far I have had them in a cage next to each other for the past 3 days. The can see each other and seem to be ok lying next to each other, eating close by and biting at the bars to try and get to one another. So far so good.
When I’ve now put them together, the older one gave the little one a groom and began to sniff her all over. She’s now following her around nose to bum and chasing her when the little one moves. But she’s also lunging at the little one with some high pitched squeals coming from the little sow. There’s no teeth chattering and not physical biting but it’s like she’s fine one moment and then puts her in her place.
Is this normal behaviour?
It has died down a little but I can’t remember it being like this before.
Thank guys.
,Hopefully someone can shed some light on if this behaviour is establishing hierarchy or if it’s fighting/ unable to bond.
One of my Guinea boars passed away a couple weeks ago which left my one sow pretty lonely and she was obviously missing him.
I was lucky to have these two bond straight away and had no problems but it became quite obvious that even tho she was very young, she would be the dominant pig and he was happy to have the company.
I have now got a little Sow for her to be coupled up with and I’m at the stage of bonding. I was desperately trying to find a rescue so I could perhaps try first to see if they would make a match but unfortunately there were no suitable guineas near to where I live. Either a pair that needed to be re-homed together or much older guineas which I was reluctant to try after my past year of heartache losing my last two and because she’s only 5 months old.
My new sow is around 1 1/2 month old so very small and desperately trying to see, smell and tag along with my other one.
So far I have had them in a cage next to each other for the past 3 days. The can see each other and seem to be ok lying next to each other, eating close by and biting at the bars to try and get to one another. So far so good.
When I’ve now put them together, the older one gave the little one a groom and began to sniff her all over. She’s now following her around nose to bum and chasing her when the little one moves. But she’s also lunging at the little one with some high pitched squeals coming from the little sow. There’s no teeth chattering and not physical biting but it’s like she’s fine one moment and then puts her in her place.
Is this normal behaviour?
It has died down a little but I can’t remember it being like this before.
Thank guys.
